Testing a hardware
Hi,
we have a new box here that seems a nice machine. It has:
- gigabyte ga-m61p-s3 mobo with:
nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03d0 (rev a2)
FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller
(PHY/Link)
It has a sata hd and 2 memory panels (1gb) of kingstom (800MHz) . The kernel
2.6.18 from debian etch recognizes all the hw and install boots without any
problem. Also, the 2.6.22 from sid. Howeber, I have one big problem with this
box: crash many times .....
I can boot, look the login screen, do nothing, and then the image get
distorsioned and the box crash. I can boot the box, make a ssh, make ls and
the box crash. I can boot the box, make an ssh, compile a kernel, a lot of
things without any problem, make a logout, and the next day the box is hang.
I have not any messages in the /var/log/kern or syslog ....
Also, I have some annoying thing. In theory the mobo supports the memory at
800Mhz. The memory that I have, also support the 800Mhz. But, although I
configure the voltages as the manual of the mobo and the memory says, I got
never have a message from the bios saying that the memory is 800. Always says
667 ....
So, my question is? How I can determinate if:
- the memory fails (memtest done, but only 2 hours ..)
- mainboard fails
- debian kernel stock fails?
- my fingers fails and I have a misconfigured bios ...
Regards,
Leo
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